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34 www.DesertMessenger.com Main Street Traders having fun Quartzsite - When management brings together Vendors, Food and Music, it's a recipe for fun on West Main Street. Phil Bates, owner of Main Trading Post, is rejuvenating Main Street Traders this year with some new ideas and vendors. Shoppers will be able to enjoy live music on Saturday afternoons from 1-4pm, as Duke plays Classic Country on the new stage. Check out the vendors at the Food Court while enjoying live music. Phil is also seeking musicians for his new Open Mike and Jams beginning this month. Phil invites folks to enjoy the new improved atmosphere at Main Street Traders, located across the street from Pilot Truck Stop on Main Street. Be sure to check out the vendors behind the buildings, and along Cemetery Road, too. Stop in and say hi to Phil or Bob. What happens in QUARTZSITE goes around THE WORLD! VFW Post 769 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 120 S. Palo Verde, Quartzsite, AZ, 928-927-7697 ACTIVITIES FOR CORPORAL BEN SCOTT POST 769 AND LADIES AUXILIARY 769 FEBRUARY 24: Garden Party at the Senior Center fundraising event for Cancer Research. A lot of fun is being planned for this event by Dona Dole who is the Ladies Auxiliary Cancer Aid and Research Chairman. Check this spot next time for more info. We at the Auxiliary are excited about this event! Friday Night Fish Fry 4-7 p.m. Hamburger Night on Third (3rd) Thursday each month. Comrades Meeting 1st Saturday 9am VFW Riders meeting 1st Saturday of the month at 2PM Mens Auxiliary Meeting: 1st Tuesday 6pm Ladies Auxiliary Meeting: 1st Tuesday 6:30pm, Senior Center House Committee meeting: CHECK CALENDAR This is a smoking establishment • Members & Guests Only for Alcohol Service January 1, 2014 Balyeat Family returns to Quartzsite The Balyeats, from Montana, are an award winning combination of Country Gospel and Bluegrass music with a message of inspiration and hope. This family of 9 will have you clapping your hands and sitting on the edge of your chair watching for what will happen next in a musical presentation that includes lots of singing and 13 instruments. They have been awarded Bluegrass Artist of the Year for 2010 by the International Country Gospel Music Association (ICGMA) in Branson and received Best Family Gospel Album of the Year award from National Traditional Country Music Association in 2010. As individuals, they also received Western Region's Instrumentalist of the Year and International Young Performer of the Year from CGMA Bob and Nancy and 4 of their daughters, along with their married son and his wife and baby travel around the country singing and sharing their faith in God at fairs, festivals, churches and clubs. Their warm versatile style of family fun has been a blessing to many events, bringing the sunshine of hope and the freshness of laughter. The Balyeat Family will be at many locations in the Quartzsite area this January. • Sun., January 5, 2014 10am, 6pm Community Bible Church, Quartzsite • Fri, January 10, 2014, 7pm – 9pm 88 Shades RV Park, Quartzsite • Sat, January 11, 2014, 1pm – 3pm Desert Gold Jam, Brenda • Sun, January 12, 2014, 7pm – 9pm Desert Gold RV Park, Brenda • Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:00pm Bouse Assembly of God • Fri, January 17, 2014, 10am – 11am BOF SKPs Club, Quartzsite • Sun, January 26, 2014, 10:30am First Assembly of God, Quartzsite for more info: www.balyeats.com or www.facebook.com/balyeatfamilyband

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